By Patricia Kime
The Veterans Affairs Department has asked for new legislation that would let it pay for private health care for veterans who live near a VA clinic but can’t get the treatment they need because it’s not offered at that location.
VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson told the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Tuesday that vets are “frustrated” with the VA Choice program, particularly the requirement that measures eligibility by a veteran’s proximity to any VA health facility — even those that are not full-service medical centers.
Gibson said many veterans are excluded from the program because of this provision in the law and few have applied for waivers to the rules.
“Many veterans are frustrated with the Choice program,” Gibson said. “Such confusion leads to lower use of Choice.”
The VA announced earlier Tuesday that it will change another aspect of the program, the definition of the 40-mile distance rule for veterans to access the Veterans Choice program.
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